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Business and Legal Forms for Graphic Designers MOST POPULAR

A 'success kit' that provides a complete set of the business and legal forms needed to run a successful graphic design business.

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Business and Legal Forms for Graphic Designers
ITEM: 1581152744

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Graphic Artists Guild Handbook POPULAR
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A good pricing guide is "Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines" which covers pricing information based on industry surveys, professional ethics, legal issues, negotiation tips, and sample contracts.

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Graphic Artists Guild Handbook
ITEM: 0932102123

The Creative Business Guide to Running a Graphic Design Business

A comprehensive manual for running and maintaining a successful graphic design business. Covers organization, marketing, personnel, and operations, and provides the necessary tools unique to a design firm. A complete appendix of business forms is also included.

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The Creative Business Guide to Running a Graphic Design Business
ITEM: 0393730778

How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul POPULAR
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Designers are quick to tell us about their sources of inspiration, but they are much less willing to reveal such critical matters as how to find work, how much they charge, and what to do when a client rejects three weeks of work and refuses to pay the bill. How to be a graphic designer without losing your soul addresses the concerns of young designers who want to earn a living by doing expressive and meaningful work, and who want to avoid becoming hired drones working on soulless projects. Written by a designer for designers, it combines practical advice with philosophical guidance to help young professionals embark on their careers.

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How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul
Item No.: 1568985592

The Graphic Designer's Guide to Clients: How to Make Clients Happy and Do Great Work

For graphic designers who want real-life advice for success, renowned designer Ellen Shapiro reveals time-tested tricks of the trade for getting and working with clients. Then, in a series of interviews, leading designers such as Milton Glaser, April Greiman, and Mike Weymouth reveal their experiences and insights on upholding creative standards while fulfilling clients' needs. A crucial resources for whether courting your first clients or seeking fresh insights for greater success.

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Graphic Designer's Guide to Clients
Item No.: 1581152760

Selling Graphic Design

Midwest Book Review: Entrepreneurs who want to market their graphic works receive explicit instructions on how to locate clients, work with them, achieve maximum sales, and write proposals.

The Graphic Artists Guild Newsletter: "Selling Graphic Design" provides the ammunition graphic designers need to help them become effective salespeople and generate ongoing business.

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Selling Graphic Design
ITEM: 1581150172

The Business Side of Creativity

Tips, techniques, and procedures for starting up and running a successful creative-services business. The most comprehensive business companion available for freelance graphic designers, art directors, illustrators, copywriters, and agency or design-shop principals.

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The Business Side of Creativity
ITEM: 039373093X-039373207X

Be sure you know how to protect your designs and your business. Here are three excellent books for those who need to know more about copyrights, as well as information on trademarks and patents.

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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets and Licensing
ITEM: 0425194094

Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity
ITEM: 0814788068

Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference
ITEM: 1413300553

The Book of Standard Legal Business Agreements, Contracts and Forms for Computer Software Programming, IT, and Web Site Design & Development - Includes Information on Copyright, Patents, and Trademarks
ITEM: 0971339899

Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market: Where and How to Sell Your Illustrations, Fine Art, Graphic Designs & Cartoons POPULAR

Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market is the key to getting your work sold, commissioned, published and shown. It's the most up-to-date resource available for ensuring that every contact you make is right for you and your work. With more than 2,500 market listings and industry contacts at ad and design agencies, magazine and book publishers, greeting card companies, art galleries, record labels, poster and print companies, syndicates and cartoon features. Each entry includes updated information on who to contact, type of work desired, payment policies, products and specialties.

More than just a list of contacts, this annual publication offers a step-by-step guide to launching and succeeding in a career in visual arts. Each edition includes: business tips and practices from the art directors, interviews with successful artists and industry insiders, and actual promotional samples so artists can learn how to effectively sell their work.

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Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market - Paperback
ITEM: 1582973962-1582974292

Also available in magazine subscription:
Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market - Magazine Subscription
ITEM: B00006LAUT
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Self-Promotion for the Creative Person

Full of clever and creative ideas you can use to successfully get the word out about who you are and what you do quickly, easily, and cheaply. Everything you need to know about marketing yourself is included in this book. Packed with proven techniques that will work for you whether you are an author, actor, artist, or accordion player who wants fresh, off-beat, and cost-effective ways to build a business or develop a successful and fulfilling career. Full of winning strategies, innovative ideas, and proven sales and marketing techniques

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Self-Promotion for the Creative Person
ITEM: 0609806262

Graphic Print Production

An introductory textbook covering all aspects of print production and manufacturing. The printed page is still the most common product of graphic design work. And as more and more print material is finding a dual-use in electronic formats (Web, ebooks, motion-graphics using Flash, etc.), it has become even more important that designers understand the impact their design decisions have on the feasibility of re-purposing their work for various media.

Print production involves elements of graphic design, typography, illustration, editing, workflow management, materials trafficking, proofing, mechanical and photographic outputs, prepress processing, paper selection, color separation, manufacturing and distribution. This books covers all step in this process with detailed explanations that are supported by informative graphics and sidebars.

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Graphic Print Production
Item No.: 0471273473

Getting It Printed: How to Work with Printers and Graphic Imaging Services to Assure Quality, Stay on Schedule and Control Costs
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An excellent book on the different types of printing processes, use of color, planning your print job, cutting costs, printer terminology, type, graphics, photographs, proofs, plates, paper, and bindng methods. Everything you need to know about working with offset printers.

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Getting It Printed: How to Work with Printers and Graphic Imaging Services
Item No.: 1581805772

The Savvy Designer's Guide To Success: Ideas and Tactics for a Killer Career

Now every designer can reap the benefits of having the perfect mentor. This career guide by Jeff Fisher -- the go-to man for career advice in the design community -- provides ideas and solutions to nearly every career dilemma, including:
- Building a recognizable and reputable firm
- Presenting a professional image all the time
- Mastering client communication
- Learning from (and salvaging) mistakes
- Determining fees for work

This is a must-have resource for all creative professionals.

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The Savvy Designer's Guide To Success: Ideas and Tactics for a Killer Career
Item No.: 1581804806

The Business of Graphic Design : A Sensible Approach to Marketing and Managing a Graphic Design Firm

Explains how to run your own business. Covers organizational structure, pricing, preparing proposals, contacts, presentations, and marketing. Also 24 successful practitioners relate their approaches to business and how they have faced business challenges. Includes pages of color illustrations.

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The Business of Graphic Design
ITEM: 0823005461

The Graphic Designer's Guide to Creative Marketing: Finding & Keeping Your Best Clients

In addition to clear commentary about marketing methods, this book provides sample checklists, proposals, contracts, correspondence, phone contact scripts and questions to ask prospective clients. Included are interviews with working designers, and real world strategies and systems that work.

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The Graphic Designer's Guide to Creative Marketing
ITEM: 0471293148

Graphic Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating & Budgeting POPULAR

This edition offers practical guidelines for setting rates, dealing with clients' budgets, preparing an estimate, and establishing profitability. There are step-by-step strategies for pricing on the Internet, negotiating effective pricing with clients, and developing options to traditional pricing. Plus dozens of creative, resourceful success tips for running a business.

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Graphic Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating & Budgeting
ITEM: 1581150989

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